 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine sometime too piercing and corrosive; reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...gireth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such...against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a frirnil. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business : for... | |
 | mrs. Robert Cartwright - 1854 - 342 pages
...himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as a man's self, and there is no such remedy against...flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. — LORD BACON. THE little society that met at our house almost regularly two or three evenings in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...givcth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend, and of a flatterer. For there is no such ons liberly of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other concerning business.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...; the one concerning Manners, the other concerning Bufinefs. For the Firft ; the beft Prefervative to keep the Mind in Health is the faithful Admonition of a Friend. The calling of a Man's Self to a ftrict Account is a Medicine fometime too 12 Stobaus 'Av^oXoy, v. no, p. 160, Ed. Schow, avi] i/'uxiJ... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self ; and there is no such...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...there is no such flatterer of a man as himself, and there is no such remedy against self-flattery, as the liberty of a friend. Counsel is of two sorts ; the one concerning manners, the other, business. For the first, the best preservative to keep the mind in health, is the faithful admonition... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1860 - 480 pages
...giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self; and there is no such...of a man's self to a strict account is a medicine, sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing... | |
 | Fraternal organizations - 1860 - 544 pages
...givelh himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer ; for there is no such flatterer as is a man's self, and there is no such...of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. Counsel U of two sorts : the one concerning manners, the other concerning business. For the first, the best... | |
 | Samuel Osgood - Christian life - 1854 - 356 pages
...others know themselves by telling them the truth. Says Lord Bacon, " there is no such flatterer as a man's self, and there is no such remedy against...flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend." It is easy enough to get more or less than the truth regarding our failings, and friends often fret... | |
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For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self ; and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man's self as the liberty of a friend. 
